Editor’s Note: It was initially reported that Marlon Jones Jr. was the assistant director of the James River Residential Reentry Center. However, a spokesperson for the RRC stated that Jones has not worked at the James River Residential Reentry Center for more than 18 months.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — The former assistant director of a Newport News facility has been charged with taking a bribe as a public official, court documents indicate.

In addition to that charge, Marlon Jones Jr., the former assistant director at CoreCivic’s James River Residential Reentry Center (RRC) in Newport News, faces a criminal forfeiture charge. Jones has not worked at the RRC for more than 18 months.

RRC’s are also known as halfway houses, providing assistance to inmates soon to be released.

Court documents said the incident, or incidents, date back to September 2021. Jones allegedly directly or indirectly corruptly sought, or accepted to receive, something of personal value in exchange for doing an act that omits his official duty.

This also includes allegedly accepting a payment of money in return for failing to make required records, or altering or destroying the same, failing to to take required actions.

If Jones is convicted, he has to turn over any property from the proceeds of the bribes he made.

In a statement, Brian Todd, a public affairs manager with CoreCivic, said Jones’ employment had been terminated for reasons not related to the charges against him.

This individual is not an active employee of CoreCivic and hasn’t been employed with us since September 2022. This individual’s employment was terminated for unrelated reasons.

We’re proud of our dedicated staff members at all our facilities, including the James River Residential Reentry Center, who work hard every day to keep those in our care safe and secure. Our staff are trained and held to the highest ethical standards as part of our commitment to our Human Rights Policy. Unfortunately, as is the case in many professions, we sometimes have staff members that do not uphold their commitment these standards. We expect all our employees to conduct business with professionalism, respect, integrity, duty and excellence. When one of our staff members violates policies, procedures or is found to be involved in criminal activity, we take swift action to address these matters, regardless of their employment status.

Any information that we might have had or received related to the criminal charges referenced in your reporting would have been immediately reported to our government partner, the Federal Bureau of Prisons. 

— Brian Todd, CoreCivic public affairs manager

10 On Your Side is working to learn how much money or property was involved.